Received: from magus.postgresql.org (magus.postgresql.org [87.238.57.229]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78A692F427D for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:44:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from momjian.us ([72.94.173.45]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SANiZ-0001P2-ES for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:44:57 +0000 Received: from bruce by momjian.us with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SANiI-0001Bw-UI; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:44:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:44:38 -0400 From: Bruce Momjian To: Magnus Hagander Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation Subject: Re: Replication docs update Message-ID: <20120321154438.GA17070@momjian.us> References: <20120320212643.GA4599@momjian.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Archive-Number: 201203/11 X-Sequence-Number: 7210 On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:01:34PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 22:26, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Our chapter, "Comparison of Different Solutions", needs an update to use > > our new streaming replication terminology, and an update to mention the > > synchronous option. > > > > Patch attached.  I would like to apply it to head and 9.1. > > Is it really a good idea to remove the name "hot standby" where you've > done so? It's a term that's pretty well set by now. Maybe instad "hot > standby using transaction log replication" instead of taking it away > completely? Well, hot/warm standby is really a side-feature of replication, not a replication technology itself. WAL streaming is a replication technology. For example, Shared Disk Failover is technically a warm standby too. -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. +